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As the damaged BP oil well continues to spew millions of gallons of crude from the depths of the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, the immediate challenge is how to mitigate an ever-magnifying environmental catastrophe.
Two points in America's "new Asia policy" deserve special attention: US President Barack Obama's deep interest in the continent and America's role in the post-global economic crisis era.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's abrupt resignation Wednesday has plunged Japan into a fresh political crisis.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) made a natural and logical decision on Sunday and broke away from the ruling coalition of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the People's New Party.
But in the cases of Thailand and several other developing countries, social disorder has followed economic prosperity and political democratization, which can be said to be a dilemma of democracy.
In the aftermath of the tragic incidents of the past week, Thailand has the opportunity to prove to itself and the world, the strength of its national character and its commitment to pursuing justice, promoting national reconciliation, and building a socially inclusive society.
UN Security Council members signal tough stance even after Teheran's nuclear fuel swap deal with Turkey and Brazil
The United States Middle East envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, two days after he held talks in Ramallah with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Whatever happens in Thailand is instantaneously transmitted around the world. In most cases, no reports or echoes outside Thailand has been positive to the country's image and international standing.
Gordon Brown's "heroic" resignation as Labour Party leader paved the way for Conservative leader David Cameron to enter No. 10 Downing Street and relieve the election labor pain that the United Kingdom was suffering from.
The Shanghai Expo has seen more developing countries participating than ever before. The China Pavilion and Africa Joint Pavilion vividly represent the all-round progress of developing countries.
Western democracies, like any other human society, need to develop continuously. Compared with autocracies, Western democracies value rationality greatly which is the basis of human society's survival.
Russia and the United States have signed a new strategic nuclear-arms reduction treaty. Officially, the treaty cuts their weapons by one-third. In reality, each party will decommission only several dozen.
The Newsweek's May 2, 2009, issue carried an article that went to the root of the source of the rumor: the Mayan calendar (actually calendars called "long count") which according to the Gregorian calendar ends in 2012.
My Singaporean friend, Prof Kishore Mahbubani, wrote a provoking essay in 1998, Can Asians think? I found the title rather offensive - of course we can think. But what he really meant was, "Can Asians think out of the Western intellectual box?" Most of us trained in or by the West used to think that the ideals of best practice were the wonderful theories, technologies and institutions that the West has brought to Asia.
Due to the rapid and historical deterioration of public finances in the advanced economies, there is now a shift in the sources of growth from the developed world to the emerging world.
Act now to feed 1 billion hungry people and save 6 million children a year facing death from starvation
In the monetary system organized with US leadership at the end of World War II, currencies were linked to the US dollar, which was linked to gold. The US accounted for over half the world's output of goods and services.
Although earthquakes produce devastation and human tragedy comparable to war,they cannot rightfully be blamed on people, though the desire to find fault in the aftermath of a tremblor is potent.
From a linguistic point of view, language is simply a tool for communication. When new ideas and concepts pop up, language needs to adapt itself to allow the communication of these ideas and concepts.
Since iPad2 went on sale in China on May 6, hundreds of iPad fans and scalpers queued up overnight at almost every Apple store. The craze even led to a violent incident in Sanlitun, Beijing. Do you think iPad2 is worth the hassle?
Beijing - Dressed in a crisp suit, Li Zhirui, sitting on the window seat of a Beijing bus, silently gazes at the European-style villas, luxury cars and illuminated shopping malls as they pass him by.